Polity · 1885 CE – 1907 CE
Swaziland
Umbuso weSwatini · Eswatini
- Peak recorded area
- 17,181 km²
- 1885 CE
- Data series
- 21
- 1885 CE–1907 CE
Overview
Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where it shares a border with Mozambique. At no more than 200 km (120 mi) north to south and 130 km (81 mi) east to west, Eswatini is one of the smallest countries in Africa.
Lead section from Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article.
Territory
3 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. CShapes 2.0 holds 2 further extents, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1907 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population7 obs · 1800 CE–1900 CE | 109.35thousands1900 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Urban Population | 0.4thousands1900 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Urbanization Ratio | 0.0037ratio1900 CE · Clio-Infra |
Economy
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP88 obs · 1820 CE–1907 CE | 774.1int'l $ (inflation adj.)1907 CE · Gapminder |
| Agriculture Intensity | 3ordinal1880 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Agriculture | 6ordinal1880 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Fishing | 0ordinal1880 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Gathering | 1ordinal1880 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
| Subsistence Hunting | 1ordinal1880 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Coal Production8 obs · 1900 CE–1907 CE | 0TWh1907 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
Governance
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index8 obs · 1900 CE–1907 CE | 0.052index (0-1)1907 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index8 obs · 1900 CE–1907 CE | 0.067index (0-1)1907 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index8 obs · 1900 CE–1907 CE | 0.053index (0-1)1907 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type8 obs · 1900 CE–1907 CE | 0RoW index (0-3)1907 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index8 obs · 1900 CE–1907 CE | 0.316index (0-1)1907 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Jurisdictional Hierarchy | 4ordinal1880 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index8 obs · 1900 CE–1907 CE | 0.095index (0-1)1907 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Numeracy3 obs · 1880 CE–1900 CE | 92.63ABCC index1900 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Class Stratification | 4ordinal1880 CE · D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock) |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- English, Swazi
- Currency
- lilangeni (SZL)
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
D-PLACE Ethnographic Atlas (Murdock)Ethnographic Atlas (D-PLACE 2.3)
Kirby, K.R. et al. (2016). D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity. PLoS ONE 11(7).
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Our World in Data (2024). Energy dataset. Based on Energy Institute & Ember.
CC BY 4.0
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Swaziland is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.